National Events

Albania

Who ? The Regional Directorate of National Culture; The Office for the Management and Coordination of the historical centre of Gjirokastra; The Economic Department of the Faculty of Social Sciences "Eqrem Çabej" in Gjirokastra; The Tourist Service Regional Office for the District of Gjirokastra; ICOMOS Albania; The Office for Information and Tourism Development in the city of Gjirokastra; The Office for the Management and Coordination of the Archaeological Park of Antigonea

What? Programme including a conference and different activities around the subject of “The Heritage and the development of tourism in the district of Gjirokastra: from the perspective of students in Tourism”

Who?The Union of Architects of The Republic of Azerbaijan, with among other the Institute of Architecture and Art under the National Academy of Sciences, the University of Architecture and Construction, the Administration of the State Historical-Architectural Reserve "Icherisheher" (World Heritage Site-Walled city of Baku) under the Cabinet of Ministries of AzerbaijanWhat? Our Union plans to celebrate the International Day of Monuments and Sites. We also plan to organize several related events (information sessions for high school and university students about the value of heritage, importance of their preservation, activity of ICOMOS, printing of brochures and posters), as well as holding a closing conference.When? 18 April 2013

Who? ICOMOS Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the Faculty of Pedagogy in SarajevoWhat? Round table session "Cultural and Historical Heritage and Education"Keynote speakers are renowned experts and activists working in the field of education, museology and urban development.When? 18 April 2013 at 9:00Where? Faculty of Pedagogy in SarajevoContact: Aida Murti?, Secretary, ICOMOS National Committee in Bosnia and Herzegovina, aida_murtic@yahoo.com

China

Who? ICOMOS China and partners

What? We have issued a call of action to all our institutional members, published the news on our website, and published an article introducing this year’s theme in “The Chinese Cultural Heritage Press”, the most popular newspaper in the field of cultural heritage in China. The article has also been included on the official website of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.The annual Wuxi Forum was held on 10 April, sponsored by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, co-organized by ICOMOS China, Jiangsu Provincial Bureau of Cultural Heritage and Wuxi City, with the theme: “Conservation and use of cultural heritage – striving for the right balance in development”. Almost 100 participants from most of the provincial departments of cultural heritage and major universities and institutions attended the event, discussing the theory and practice of how to protect cultural heritage and use it in a sustainable way to benefit both the present generation and generations to come.

A lecture by Guo Zhan, ICOMOS Vice President, on World Heritage, for about 50 senior staff from Beihai Park, Jingshan Park and Zhongshan Park (two royal parks and one imperial altar).On this occasion, a photography exhibition on the theme will be inaugurated at Beihai Park, open to the general public.

-Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Museum-Hohhot

An event with the title “Touching the civilization of prairie through the interpretation of archaeological sites”, which includes a lecture on the subject “Inherit the culture, the heritage of education”, and interactions between the museum staff and the audience after the lecture. The museum will organize a Treasure Hunt for its visitors and will present a prize to the winner. Meanwhile, the host will illustrate the pictures of historic relics which have been found in the game and ask related questions in order to engage the visitors in the museum.

Several events will be held in the Ming Xiaoling Museum on the International Day on Monuments and Sites. In addition, a public lecture entitled “Sun Quan, the Wu Emperor” will be held on Xiaolingwei Street. A lecture related to cultural heritage entitled “Sun Quan and Meihua Mountain” will be held at the Nanjing Institute of Industrial Technology.

Costa Rica

Who? ICOMOS Costa Rica, in partnership with other institutions

What? Activities in three places over three days - Download full programmeHowever, research and activities on the theme "The Heritage of Education" will continue during the whole year.In May, we will be participating in the Congress “Sustainability, Heritage and Education” organized by the Costarican College of Architects. This conference involves four ICOMOS representatives: Christer Gustafsson (Sweden), Daniel Young (Panama), Alfredo Conti (Argentina) and Patricia Fumero (Costa Rica)

Croatia

Who? ICOMOS Croatia and University of RijekaWhat? As part of the one-day conference series “Dialogues with Heritage” (Dijalozi s bastinom), the third conference is entitled “Recognition of Values” (Prepoznavanje vrijednosti)When? 17 April 2013.Where? University of Rijeka

Cuba

Who? ICOMOS Cuba, in coordination with the Ministry of CultureWhat?A meeting inviting cultural personalities and giving annual prizes including two sponsored by ICOMOS Cuba, one for restoration and a second for the conservation of the Cuban cultural heritage. The President of the jury this year has been our colleague Dr. Daniel Taboada, President of Honour of ICOMOS Cuba.

Who? ICOMOS Czech Republic, together with the Association of Historical Settlements in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, the Office of the President of the Republic, Prague Castle Administration and other cultural and political organisationsWhat? The Ceremonial Session is held in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle. About 600 people will participate and the President of ICOMOS Czech Republic will give one of the welcome speeches.The laureates of the competition “Historical Town of the Year - prizes for the best preparation and implementation of the Regeneration Programmes of Conservation Areas and Conservation Zones 2012” will be announced.In addition, ICOMOS Czech Republic will organize a public conference with the support of the National Heritage Institute and other cultural institutions on the subject : “Monuments of Teaching and Education" with the contributions of our best experts.

The Programme is as follows:-"Nostic Library – An Authentic Stand of the Aristocratic Education and Culture"-"Strahov Monastery Library – The Legacy of Monastic Science and Education"-"Clementinum and its Importance as the Seat of University Education and the Center of Baroque Culture".

ICOMOS Dominican Republic published a poster to celebrate the International Day – Download

Germany

What? Expert meeting: “Jewish Cemeteries in Central and Eastern Europe, World Heritage Proposal”, International Meeting of Experts, When? 17-19 April 2013 in Berlin. With the participation of ICOMOS members from Germany, Hungary and Poland.

What? Book presentation: "World Heritage - Constantine Basilica in Trier" When? on 16.04.2013 at 18:00 clock in the Konstantinbasilka Trier.The Konstantinbasilka in Trier with its unique exterior Roman mural painting belongs to the most important Roman remains in Trier and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage List. In the context of the on-going conservation measures, the University of Applied Science and the Arts, the Directorate General for Cultural Heritage of the Rhineland-Palatinate and ICOMOS Germany had organisedan international meeting from7 - 9 April 2011. The 16 papers published in the proceedings focus on the conservation challenges faced in dealing with the murals of the Konstantinbasilkaand expand our view on mural restoration and presentation methods in Europe.

Greece

Who? ICOMOS Hellenic within the framework of celebrating and promoting the International Day for Monuments and Sites, has organized a number of events in collaboration with other organizations such as the National TechnicalUniversity of Athens (NTUA), the Association of GreekArchaeologists(SAR), the MOnuMENTA, the Club for UNESCO of the departments of PiraeusandIslands and the Committee of residents of Plato'sAcademy.

What?-ICOMOS Hellenic has printed a poster depicting the building of the National Technical University of Athens and the surrounding district in the beginning of the 19th Century.-Together with the other co-organizers we have recorded and documented all educational monuments in Greece so as to protect them and make them known to the public.-Upon the initiative of the Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities in Thesprotia, and with the support of Hellenic ICOMOS, a poster was created on: “Heritage and Education. A challenge and an occasion for pupils to meet the old schools buildings of Thesprotia”, and school buildings of the 19th and 20th century in the area were gathered in printed material and digital form-Several bodies (public and private) are organizing in Sparta (Peloponnese) an event entitled: “The first public educational buildings in Sparta”. Similar initiatives will take place all over Greece, especially for the awareness-raising of teenagers in the protection and preservation of educational monuments.-On Monday, (15/4), a scientific event will be held entitled: “The CulturalHeritage of Education.GreekEducation (paedeusis)” (NTUA Hallevents), Averof building,42 Patission Str., Athens). The presentations will deal with issues regarding the Hellenic heritage of education.-On Sunday (14/4) ICOMOS Hellenic organized a very successful guided tour in Plato’s Academy, followed by an artistic event with the Mixed Choir of the National TechnicalUniversity of Athens (NTUA)

Honduras

Who? ICOMOS HondurasWhat?Since August of 2012, ICOMOS Honduras has organized a workgroup with the Committee for the Safeguard of the Historic Town of Tegucigalpa-Comayagüela, the capital city of Honduras. During the month of April we are undertaking a series of talks in the only two public universities and also three private universities directed at the students in the majors of architecture, fine arts, anthropology and social sciences in general. Therefore, in these talks we have included the discussion of charters and guidelines addressing the topic and good practices promoted by ICOMOS. At the same time we are using the opportunity to raise awareness for the 2013 theme, Heritage of Education, of the International Day on Monuments and Sites. The universities are the following:

What ? Student design competition on 'adaptive re-use of Mehboob mansion in Hyderabad' a 110 year old monument of Nizam times. The jury is being held on 12 April and results will be declared on 18 April, in celebration of the International Day of Monuments and Sites.

Ireland

Who? ICOMOS Ireland and partners (see for each event below)What ?

* Dublin: Sustaining our Built Environment - review of the State of Conservation Education and Training in Ireland

ICOMOS Ireland, through its Education and Training National Scientific Committee, is organising a networking conference with keynote speaker Dr Jukka Jokilehto, former president and Honorary member ICOMOS International Training Committee. Using the ICOMOS Ireland review of 2009, Sustaining our Built Environment, A Review of the State of Conservation Education and Training in Ireland, it will evaluate current education and training provision while linking this global theme of cultural heritage skills development to our local and national realities. This event is by invitation only.

This community archaeology project is being promoted by Christy Cunniffe, Galway Field Monument Advisor in partnership with the Kilchreest/Castledaly community. The Field Monument Advisor Programme is an initiative of The Heritage Council and the Heritage Office of Galway County Council. Newly discovered archaeological monuments in the uplands of Kilchreest date from the Bronze Age right through to the 19th century material will be visited. The event will be officially launched by the Mayor of County Galway, Mr Tom Welby at 3.30 in Woodville Walled Garden, Kilchreest, Co Galway and will be followed by a presentation on the Growing Importance and Significance of Communuity Archaeology by Maggie Roynane, Lecturer in Archaeology at NUI Galway. All welcome.

ICOMOS Ireland in conjunction with Roscommon County Council have invited all primary schools in the county to visit Roscommon Castle on the 18 April to explore this 13th century castle using the Loughnaneane Park Primary schools education pack.

*Cork County: In recognition of International Day of Monuments and Sites, the Heritage Unit of Cork County Council will give a talk and tour on the day at one of the fantastic heritage site's in its ownership - Bridgetown Abbey, near Castletownroche.Date/Time Thursday 18th April at 15:00Event: Bridgetown Abbey - An Educational Tour by County Archaeologist Mary SleemanLocation: Bridgetown Abbey, CastletownrocheEvent Organised By: Cork County Council's Heritage UnitFor More Information: contact the Heritage Unit on 021 4276891

Italy

What ? The International Day of Monuments and Sites - ICOMOS is the occasion to stimulate a reflection on the importance of the educational value of cultural heritage and the use of new technologies related to teaching.

The event will start at 9:30 at the Auditorium al Duomo with the objective to share between the institutions and the citizens those initiatives that are centred on the interaction between the cultural heritage, the education and the awareness. Will be present at the event, together with the promoters, ICCROM, the Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic for the Tuscan Region, the Centro UNESCO di Firenze ONLUS, the Angeli del Bello Foundation, the Cattedra UNESCO – Università di Firenze, Department of Architecture, the Teatro della Pergola Foundation, the Museo dei Ragazzi Association, the Museo Stibbert, the Museo Casa di Dante, the SS. Annunziata Foundation of Empoli – Scuola associata UNESCO, ARCA – Amici della Repubblica Ceca Associati.

During the whole day, the Auditorium al Duomo will open its space to the citizens that will have the opportunity to participate to the meetings, to see the exposition desks and the information corners, in order to create an interaction between institutions and the participants.

Auditorium al Duomo Foyer: Exhibition of the 30 best images that took part in the photo contest SNAPSHOT ON FLORENCE (No profit Portal Life Beyond Tourism) and official ceremony for the awarding of the 3 best pictures.

Palazzo Vecchio, from the 14th to the 18th of April, will be the meeting point for a series of guided tours through the city streets to discover the incredible cultural heritage of Florence which is UNESCO World Heritage since 1982. The tours are promoted and realized by the Museo dei Ragazzi, and are: Viaggio nella Firenze romana, Viaggio nella Firenze medievale, Viaggio nella Firenze medicea - Reservation is compulsory at 055-2768224 055-2768558, info.museoragazzi@comune.fi.it

Who? ICOMOS-KoreaWhat ?Symposium partially to celebrate the International Day of Monuments and Sites.Hae Un Rii, President of ICOMOS Korea will give a keynote speech on the theme of the Heritage of Education.When? April 18-19, 2013Where? Pil-Am Seowon (Private Confucian Academy in Joseon Dynasty), Jangseong-Gun, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea. The official language is Korean

Lithuania

Who?ICOMOS Lithuania together with the Department of Cultural Heritage and Kaunas Region Municipality What? The event dedicated to the 18 April will take place in the historic area – the restored manor and park of Raudondvaris near the city of Kaunas.Some lectures will be held, the nominations of the best projects-realisations in restoration (architecture, urban landscape, mural painting, etc. ) as well as nominations for the best archaeological works will be presented.The event will finish with group photo and an excursion to the manor, park, church and museum.

Luxembourg

Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of)

Who?ICOMOS Macedonia in cooperation with the Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (IZIIS) from Macedonia, and the Companies - REFIX from Austria and SINTEK from Macedonia. What ? International seminar on "Usage ofnew materialsandtechnologiesfor theconservationof monuments andhistoric buildings- transfer ofknowledge andeducation of staff":

What?Youth Awareness Environmental Forum (YAEF) in Nepal has established a community radio called “Environment Cycle Radio” F.M. 104.2 MHz. The radio station will broadcast heritage- related slogans every day at 6pm from 17 to 19 April.2013

On 18 April, the YAEF will hold an interactive programme concerning the important heritage in Lalitpur Godawari Area, which is the major water resource and heritage area in the Kathmandu Valley.

Serbia

Who?ICOMOS Serbia and Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

What?Round Table: “Education and Architectural Heritage”

When? April 18, 2013

Where? The Round table will be organized at the Faculty of Architecture, in the building of the Faculty ofEngineering of the University of Belgrade, built from 1925 to 1931, according to the project ofNikola Nestorovic and Branko Tanazevic. It was the first building specially designed forengineering faculties in Serbia and recognized as a cultural property

Peru

Who? ICOMOS PERU with different partners (see below)

What?

-Photo exhibition organized in collaboration with PETROPERU. The name of the event is "World Heritage of Education". The place is the Cultural Center of PETROPERU (Av. Canaval y Moreyra, 150, San Isidro, Lima). It was inaugurated on April 4th and will be open until 25th April (free entrance). Download the invitation

-Special day for visiting the photo exhibition: in coordination with the main Universities of Lima, and other organizations, we are organizing for the Day of the Monuments many groups of students visiting the Photo Exhibition (all the day)

-Conference: The Day of the Monuments and the heritage of education. Place: Museum of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru. It will be held on 18th April, from 18:00 to 21:00. (Jr. Antonio Miro Quesada 442-445, Historic Center of Lima)

-Popular Photo contest "Day of the Monuments 2013: walking photo marathon in Lima Historic Center (WHS), with the support of PETROPERU and the Sub-Direction on Tourism of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima.

-Central commemoration act in the Congress of the Republic of Peru: the central act for the Day of the Monuments will be held in the Porras Barrenechea Chamber of the Congress of the Republic of Peru under the patronage of the President of the Congress, Congressman Victor Isla Rojas. The act will be held on May 14 (due to the schedule of Mr. Isla) and will include: the official presentation of the Bill of Act declaring formally 18 of April as the International Day of the Monuments and the Day of the Peruvian Cultural Heritage, a recognition ceremony in honour to the Honorary President of ICOMOS Peru, Arch. Víctor Pimentel Gurmendi, and speeches by prominent specialists on the issue "heritage of education" in Peru. The same day it will be inaugurated a photo exhibition on Balsa Puerto, a rock art area in the Region Loreto, Amazon Basis, where ICOMOS Peru will develop a project to enhance the area and study its possibilities to be considered as a WHS

- Additionally ICOMOS Peru is coordinating press conferences and interviews in the main communication media to diffuse the importance of the Day of the Monuments and Sites.

Philippines

What?Heritage tour of 2 universities in Manila, the University of Sto.Tomas, the oldest university in the Philippines and the Far Eastern University, one of the best campuses with Art Deco buildings.

“Heritage of Education in the Philippines”

ICOMOS Philippines will be having a heritage tour of the University of Sto. Tomas (UST) and the Far Eastern University (FEU). These 2 universities best exemplify “Heritage of Education in the Philippines”, noted for its valuable collection of cultural assets and best practices on architectural conservation.

The guided tours will be facilitated by Arch. Clarissa Avenda?o (Professor, UST College of Architecture),Regalado Trota Jose (Director of the UST Archives), and Martin Lopez (Director of the FEU President’s Committee on Culture and Alumni Affairs).

Romania

Who ? ICOMOS Romania jointly with the University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu”-Bucharest

What ?A conference gathering the administrators of the educational historic monuments of Bucharest (32 monuments comprising prestigious universities, faculties, high schools, public libraries), students and ICOMOS members. The Minister of Culture and the Minister of Education are invited. The Conference will be the opportunity to emphasize upon the need to bind education with the preservation of monuments. A student poster competition for this subject was initiated last week by the Faculty of Architecture “Learn from the past while looking towards the future - Who we are without cultural heritage?”

Seychelles

Who?ICOMOS Seychelles

What?

$1-Article in Seychelles major newspapers on the importance of the built educationalheritage in Seychelles.

$1-Announcement in the same article of ICOMOS Seychelles’ plans to open an Exhibition Centre in collaboration with the Seychelles Heritage Foundation and the SeychellesNational Arts Council to promote traditional architecture including the traditional architecturalfeatures,often of granite building materials,of schools and colleges in Seychelles.

- A series of articles in the Trinidad Guardian Newspaper, one every day from 14th April -20th April. . Featuring Historic educational buildings and facilities. 11 sites will be featured over this period

- There will be an article in the 20th April, Catholic News on the Restoration of the Cathedral of The Immaculate Conception.

- Television Interview on 18th April at 6:45am, CNC3, Local TV channel

Turkey

Who ? ICOMOS Turkey

What? Two separate events are going to take place in Ankara and Izmir, Turkey.

The initial event is a seminar entitled "Heritage of Education / Education of Heritage" that will take place on April 18th, 2013 at Middle East Technical University, Ankara. The seminar is composed of two sequential sessions under the themes of "Heritage of education: remembering the educational heritage" and "Education of heritage: understanding today" and a panel called "Designing the future".

The second event includes a thematic presentation and an art exhibition that will be held on the same day at the Dokuz Eylul University in Izmir. This event aims raise awareness among primary and secondary-school students about the significance of the historic built environment and to highlight the importance of historic educational buildings.

International Events

ICOMOS International Scientific Committees (ISCs)

CIAV – Vernacular Architecture

Who? Vernacular Architecture Committee of ICOMOS Mexico

What ?The Vernacular Architecture Committee of ICOMOS Mexico will celebrate 18 April with an event in a rural village.Romelia Gama and Jaime Silva, architects, both members of the local vernacular architecture committee, are organizing an event in Tlaxmalácatl, Huitzuco Municipality, in Guerrero State.

In this place there is a building from the around 1920 which was the first school of the village and now lodge the local archeological and historical museum. The vernacular building has been very well preserved. Unfortunatly in our country there is no law to protect vernacular architecture for all kind of architectural types. Because of this situation and in order to raise public and authorities awareness, we decided to give emphasis to both kind of heritage: the educational type and at the same time the vernacular buildings.

The local authorities will support the event organization. The students of all levels and local inhabitants will assist to the celebration, which will take place in different places the whole day. They will appreciate the exhibition of photographs which has been done with the collaboration of others members of the Committee.

From Yucatan PhD. Aurelio Sánchez Suárez have sent several photographs which belongs to the Mayan Area in Yucatan, which illustrate several open public spaces locally called: “ramadas” and “tablados” that normally are used for traditional festivals called “vaquerías”, but also has been used for religious teaching cult. There is plenty of information related to the traditional technical construction systems.

From Xochitlan, on the North part of the Puebla State, Ph.D Gerardo Torres, (also a member of CIAV), have sent very important vernacular examples in photographs and text, that show a rural and traditional architecture of a local musical school where they teach the children to play the “huasteco son” and the “huapango”, both musical local and regional traditions. Some others photographs present the rural vernacular building for the primary school still in use.